Apparatus for pressing leaf-tobacco.



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APPARATUS FOR PRESSING LEAP TOBACCO.

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APPARATUS FOR PRESSING LEAF-TOBACCO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed June 18, 1906. Serial No. 322,457.

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Be it known that I, BERNHARD BARON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improved Apparatus for Pressing LeafTobacco, of which the following is a specification.

It is common to press tobacco into cakes or rods to form for example what is known as plug tobacco in which form the filler is covered with an external leaf.

The present invention relates to a simple form of apparatus by which leaf tobacco may be pressed into the form of a cake, without an external wrapper, of predetermined size and if desired of weight. A cake so formed is adapted for immediate sale to a dealer and he in turn can pass it through cutting apparatus to be there cut into the form required by the consumer or to be made into cigarettes.

T 0 clearly explain the invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings which show an apparatus in which four of such cakes can be compressed at one time but the invention is not necessarily limited to a four press machine as the number may be greater or'less depending upon the trade requirements of the user.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section, Fig. 2 a plan View, Fig. 3 an end elevation partly in section, and Fig. a a somewhat similar View with part of the mold detached.

As shown the press is formed of four arms 1 which are preferably pivoted at 2 to the bed plate the free end of the arms being adapted to swing in beneath a fixed frame 3 firmly secured to the bed plate when it is desired to compress the tobacco and to swing out to enable the molds to be readily filled, said arms in turn carry the presser plates 4 in a manner closely analogous to that of the ordinary letter book copying press.

The molds are formed in two parts each of angle or L section the one part 5 being secured to the bed plate and the other 6 removable therefrom but when in use held in position by pivoted clamps 7.

The method of using the press is as follows: The desired amount of tobacco in a slightly moist condition is placed within the molds formed by 5 and 6 which have been previously secured in position by clamps 7. The presser plates 4 are then screwed down so as to compress the tobacco S as most clearly seen in Figs. l-and 4. After the tobacco has partially set the clamps 7 and presser plates 4 are raised and the removable part 6 of the mold is taken away so that the tobacco cake may be removed and put aside to dry preferably under pressure or it may be allowed to dry and set under the presser plates 4 after which it may be removed and is ready for cutting.

What is claimed is 1. In apparatus for pressing leaf tobacco, a plurality of fixed mold members, a bed plate common thereto, separate complemental mold members forming with the first named mold members a plurality of molds on one and the same bed, means for detachably securing the complemental mold members in their respective places, a presser plate for each mold, and independent and unconnected means for operating each presser plate. v

2. In apparatus for pressing leaf tobacco, a plurality of molds one part of each of which is removable, pivoted arms carrying presser plates, and means common to at least two such arms for holding the inner ends of said arms while pressure is being exerted substantially as described.

3. In apparatus for pressing leaf tobacco, a plurality of molds one side of each of which is removable relatively to the other sides, clamps adapted to hold the respective molds in a closed condition or to release one part thereof, a bed common to said molds, arms pivotally mounted on said bed to swing in a horizontal plane, presser plates carried by said arms, and means for enabling any of said presser plates to be independently operated.

4. In apparatus for pressing leaf tobacco, a mold one part of which is removable, clamps adapted to hold the mold in its closed condition or to release one part thereof, pivgaging the arms, and pressers carried by the [o oted arms carrying presser plates, and means several arms.

for holding the inner ends of said arms While In testimony whereof I have hereunto set pressure is being exerted substantially as demy hand in the presence of two subscribing scribed. Witnesses.

5. In a press the combination of a plural- BERNHARD BARON. ity of molds, a bed common to same, piv- Witnesses: oted arms, a fixed frame in the path of said \VM. H. BELL,

arms and serving as a common means for en- HY. WV. DANBURY. 

